In an open challenge to state law, city performed nearly 100 same-sex weddings. A lesbian couple who have been together 5 decades were the first to marry, followed by 89 couples. The gays and lesbians who had expected to be refused wedding licenses were i...

In an open challenge to state law, city performed nearly 100 same-sex weddings

A lesbian couple who have been together 5 decades were the first to marry, followed by 89 couples. The gays and lesbians who had expected to be refused wedding licenses were instead married under the ornate City Hall rotunda. Mayor Newsom argues that state law defining marriage as between a man and a woman amounts to unconstitutional discrimination